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Jeffrey Goldstein

Goldstein served as the State Department's desk officer for North Korea from 1994 to 1996. In this capacity, he participated in U.S.-North Korean negotiations on the nuclear issue, North Korea's missile program, and a proposed exchange of liaison offices. He also took part in the first Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization visit to North Korea to survey the construction site for the light water reactors called for in the Agreed Framework.

Articles by Jeffrey Goldstein

North Korea's nuclear test is an escalation of Pyongyang's familiar tactic. When it feels it is being ignored, North Korea often seeks to focus attention on itself by behaving provocatively. This tactic has been successful in the past. For example, when Pyongyang threatened to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993, it brought the Clinton administration to the negotiating table. Similarly, Pyongyang's first nuclear test in 2006 resulted in the Bush administration taking the Six-Party Talks much more seriously.